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Aerospace co put workers at risk of developing HAVS for 22 years
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Aerospace co put workers at risk of developing HAVS for 22 years
Wholesaler fined £25k over employee’s unprotected skylight fall
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Wholesaler fined £25k over employee’s unprotected skylight fall
MPs recommend extending FFI to local authority inspectors
Regulation/Enforcement
MPs recommend extending FFI to local authority inspectors

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Regulation/Enforcement
Directors blame Ikon’s collapse on bad publicity from HSE death investigation

The uncertainty and “adverse publicity” caused by an ongoing Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation into the death of a worker were blamed by its directors for the collapse of Ikon Construction, according to a report by the firm’s administrator. The Bristol-based construction firm went into administration on 17 May.
Road safety
Distracted bus driver handed prison sentence for multiple passenger injuries

A bus driver who was reading a time duty card while speeding on a stretch of the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway in Cambridge has been sentenced to 12 weeks’ imprisonment after he lost control of the vehicle, injuring five passengers. The sentence has been suspended for 12 months and the driver must also pay £2,000 costs.
Stress
Indonesian businesses told to extend protection to stressed workers

Indonesian employers must provide practical support to minimise employee stress under a new ministerial regulation, which extends safety and health protection to workers.
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Emergency planning
Crisis response
Good in a storm

In emergencies many people will instinctively do things unlikely to save them. But you can rectify that. 
Leadership
Leader interview
Paul Wright, Biffa

The waste management contractor’s new OSH director plans to adapt COMAH industry techniques to continue a downward trend in accidents. 
Employee involvement
Gamification
Play to win

Gaming techniques can help to make safety messages stick. 
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key leadership lessons from Peter F Drucker’s The Effective Executive

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Evac+Chair Your evacuation plan – not just necessary, compulsory
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Your evacuation plan – not just necessary, compulsory
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JSP AlphaBloc® space saving barrier

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Leadership
Is your organisation prepared to manage health and safety effectively in a rapidly changing environment?

Many important changes lay ahead for businesses and workers in the UK. Technology, Brexit, new standards, deregulation and many more of these changes will be addressed at the British Safety Council’s 10th Annual Conference: Health and Safety in Uncertain Times.
Employee involvement
Bull strengthens European presence with university win

Bull Products, a manufacturer of life-saving fire protection equipment, has secured another major European contract with the Leiden University in Holland.
Chemicals
New software solution is launched to improve safety, efficiency and profitability in the chemicals industry

New web-based system – SitePlanner - has been launched by SeaRoc Group, innovative software company and leaders in developing management systems for the renewable energy sector.  
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